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532 Foundations. (Crosslisted with GLE 532.) Ior II; 3cr. Shallow and deep foundations. Analysis and design of footings, mats, piers and piles, and related fill and excavation operations. Consolidation settlement, time rate of settlement, stress distribution, elastic (immediate) settlement, load bearing capacity; methods to reduce settlements and increase shear strength; the selection of a foundation system. P:Civ Engr 330 & Comp Sci 310 or cons inst. Edil, Bosscher, Benson.

Course Prerequisite(s)

CEE 330
Comp. Sci. 310

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Students should have a general understanding of soil mechanics and consolidation.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

'Foundation Design,' by Donald P. Coduto, Prentice-Hall

Course objectives

This course will develop students' knowledge by providing information and design approaches about shallow and deep foundations.

Topics covered

Shallow and Deep Foundations
Fill and Excavation Operations
Consolidation Settlement
Time Rate of Settlement
Stress Distribution
Load Bearing Capacity
The Selection of a Foundation System

Class/laboratory schedule

Class meets twice a week for 75 minutes.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component

This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

Sustainability Health & Safety Economic

Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes

This course serves students in a variety of engineering majors. The information below describes how the course contributes to the college's educational objectives.

Understand the methods, instrumentation systems, and accuracy/precision requirements for making measurements of basic and derived physical quantities. Students should also have hands-on experience individually and in groups to develop an appreciation for the skill, care, and instrumentation required to obtain reliable measurements and to verify physical principles. Ability to propose creative solutions to GLE problems through problem identification, evaluation, application of quantitative engineering methods and techniques, and synthesis of the results of the engineering methods and techniques. Ability to select an appropriate solution method for a defined problem, obtain and verify that the solution satisfies all conditions, determine the behavior or response of the system being analyzed from the solution that was obtained, and state the limits of the solution. Experience the stages of group development by working on an open-ended team project and serve in each of the team roles. Ability to apply knowledge in physical geology, mineralogy, introductory petrology, structural geology, elements of geophysics, hydrogeology, remote sensing, mechanics, including statics and properties of materials, and geomechanics. Know the principles and structure of computer programs and be able to apply general-purpose computer tools to solve well-defined problems.

Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Grades are comprised of weekly homework assigments, design projects, two midterms, and a final exam.

Person(s) who prepared this description

Ahmet Aydilek

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Date last modified: 02-Aug-2007
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